SME: Critical Incident Negotiations
Certified Police Instructor
Certified Firearms Instructor/Armourer
Certified ICITAP Master Instructor
Supervision and Leadership
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study: Criminal Justice
Professional Membership: ILEETA, IAHN
Office: Toll Free: (855) 4GPSTRAINING
Cell: (843) 246-1072
The Director of Global Police Solutions, Jim brings with him over twenty-five years of law enforcement experience, including three and half years as a Security Policeman/Law Enforcement Specialist, United States Air Force 79’-83’. During his law enforcement career, Jim rose through the ranks from patrolman to the Training Division Commander/Lieutenant with the Horry County Police Department, Horry County South Carolina. Jim is well diversified in law enforcement, as he worked as a Road Patrolman, Corporal, Detective, Major Level Narcotics Task Force Agent, Detective Sergeant, Patrol Sergeant, Training Sergeant and as the Training Lieutenant. As the Training Division Commander, Jim was responsible for managing all training for department officers, as well as conducting the departments hiring and promotional process. Jim is a certified Hostage Negotiator, and has over eighteen years of hostage negotiations experience. Jim served nine years as the Team Commander on the HCPD’s Critical Incident Negotiations Team, and helped to train numerous negotiation teams within the State. Jim is a past President of the South Carolina Crisis Negotiators Association, and served as a founding council member of the National Council of Negotiation Associations sponsored by the Department of Justice, where he helped to write national guidelines for hostage negotiation teams across the country.
In May of 2007, Jim accepted a position with EODT as a Security Supervisor at Camp Shield, Baghdad, Iraq, and later with MPRI as a Senior Police Mentor/Instructor at the Diwaniyah Iraqi Police Training Center, Diwaniyah, Iraq. In July of 2008, Jim transitioned over to DynCorp as a Police Trainer where he served as the Acting Team Lead, Training Team Lead, Acting Regional Commander for Advise and Assist Brigade 5 in South-West Iraq, as well as the Acting Civilian Police Training Team Lead. In 2009 while serving as the Lead Trainer for the Diwaniyah IPTC, Jim was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for Dedication and Initiative from Lieutenant General Helmick, Commanding General, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq. Jim brings with him over three years of International Police training and management experience, and is eager to parlay his practical knowledge into quality training for those law enforcement officers who strive to be acknowledged as true professionals in their field.
SME:Narcotics Investigations, Counterdrug Operations, Undercover Operations Investigations
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Goldey-Beacom College
Professional Membership:The Ashburn Group
Richard J. Cerniglia is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with over 25 years of overall Law Enforcement Experience and 21 years of Narcotics Investigations, Management, and Training Experience. During his time with the DEA he was assigned to, and conducted investigations as a Special Agent in the Miami Field Division, the Cleveland Resident Office, and the Norfolk Resident Office; and was also assigned to the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center, where he served as a Watch Officer,
SME:Firearms Trafficking Investigations
Certified LE Instructor
Certified NRA Instructor
Degree: BS in Criminal Justice, Florida State University
Professional Membership:FLEOA, ASIS International, NADL
Shannon Desmond is a retired Senior Special Agent with the Department of Justice, Bureau of ATF. She has served in law enforcement for a total of 30 years with accomplishments in Complex Conspiracy and Firearms Trafficking Investigations. She began her career in law enforcement as a Deputy Sheriff with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office in Gainesville, Florida. Following eight years in Patrol and Criminal Investigation Divisions she became a Special Agent with the Government. There, she investigated violations of Federal Firearms,
SME:Domestic Violence Police Specialist
Certified LE Instructor, Bilingual – English/Spanish,
Published Author, Motivational Speaker
Degree: BS in Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Phi Beta Kappa Society Inductee May 1998
Professional Membership: ILEETA, IACP, National Coalition of Latino Officers – Executive Board, Hispanic American LE Association – Executive Board, NJ Women in Law Enforcement – Advisory Board, Women in Blue – Founder
Captain Donna Roman served in law enforcement for 26 years with the Essex County Police and Caldwell Police Departments in New Jersey. She was the first female officer hired by the Caldwell Police Department and its first female to
SME:Criminal Law, Civil Law, Courtroom Testimony, Trial Advocacy Instructor, Adjunct Professor, HGTC Criminal Justice Program, National District Attorneys Association Instructor, SCCJA Instructor
Degree: University of South Carolina -
Bachelor of Science In Criminal Justice,
Master’s Degree in Education, and a Juris Doctorate
Professional Membership: National District Attorneys Association, SC Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the SC Trial Lawyers Association
Bert is an experienced trial attorney having been a supervisor during his employment with the 15 Circuit Solicitor’s Office. During his tenure as a prosecutor he was led counsel in over 100 trials including over 50 murder trials.
SME:Psychology, PTSD Recognition and Treatment
Education: Associate of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry
Bachelor of Science
Master of Psychology
Doctor of Education in Psychology
Area of Study: Psychology
Professional Membership: Clinical Member of The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Dr. Harry S. (Nick) Spring has been applying psychological expertise in clinical, organizational and academic settings for over Thirty five years. His occupational focus includes PTSD recognition and treatment, psychological evaluation,
SME:Police Trainer
Disciplines of Fire Fighting
CBRNE/Haz-Mat Response
Incident Command/Management
Education: Master’s Degree: Human Resources, Training & Development
Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice
Greg is a retired Lieutenant from the Middlesex County (NJ) Sheriff’s Office. With 25 years of law enforcement and 28 years of fire service Experience, Greg adds a unique level of experience to the GPS Instructor Staff. He began his law enforcement career as an Officer in the county jail, and later became a parole officer supervising both juvenile and adult caseloads.
SME: Crisis Negotiations
Interview and Interrogation
Degree: Bachelors of Arts.
Area of Study: Criminal Justice
Professional Membership: Delaware Valley Association of Crisis Negotiators,
International Association of Homicide Investigators,
N.O.B.E.L.
Captain Bruce K. DeShields is a highly decorated law enforcement officer who has over 33 years of law enforcement experience. Captain DeShields began his law enforcement career in 1982 with the Richard Stockton Police Department where he worked in the patrol division. In 1984 he transferred to the Department
SME: Certified Police Instructor
Fingerprint Recognition
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Blood Pattern Analysis/Recognition
Ten Print Examination
Forensic Photography
Digital Imaging of Evidentiary Photography
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study:
Criminal Justice
Forensic Science
AA Degree in Criminal Justice(Crime Scene)
Senior Investigator Caulder is actively employed in law enforcement in the State of South Carolina as a Senior Investigator in the Crime Scene Investigations Unit
SME: Politics, Law and Government
Degree: Juris Doctor
Area of Study: Law, Criminal Justice, Government
Professor Wilson is a retired police officer from the city of Dearborn, Michigan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Madonna University, a Master of Arts from the University of Detroit-Mercy, and a Juris Doctor from the College of Law at Michigan State University. Although Professor Wilson has been licensed to practice law for more than 25 years, he no longer practices law, but has devoted his time to teaching Pre-Law, American Government, and various criminal justice classes. Professor Wilson is a past chairman of the Criminal Justice Department at Colorado Northwestern where he not only taught classes within the degree
SME: Crime Scene Investigation
Crime Scene Documentation
Crime Scene Reconstruction
Blood Pattern Analysis
Evidence Collection, Handling and Processing
Evidence Preservation
Court Room Presentation
Chain of Custody
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study: Criminal Justice, Psychology – Clinical and Profiling
Specialist Cestare is actively employed in law enforcement in the State of South Carolina as the Commanding Officer of the Crime Scene Investigations Unit and
SME: Command Management, Program Administration, Investigation
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Area of Study: Criminal Justice Administration
Joe retired from the California Highway Patrol at the rank of Captain after 33 years of service. During the course of his career he served as a patrol officer, investigator, field supervisor, investigative supervisor, field operations and executive lieutenant and as a Section/Area Commander. While assigned to CHP Headquarters as a Section Commander, Joe was responsible for program evaluations (air operations, drug interdiction, canine and other major programs), and managed the CHP’s Legal Coordination and Fiscal Audit units. Joe was assigned as an Area Commander at three CHP field offices. He earned a
SME: Criminal Investigation
Mario is a retired Police Detective from the New York City Police Department. After serving as a Patrolman for the first several years of his career, Mario worked in the investigation aspect of police work, completing his career with the Manhattan Warrant Squad, Violent Predator Task Force, and then as a Squad Detective in Brooklyn North’s Bedford-Stuyvesant area, where he specialized in Robbery and Homicide investigations. In the mid 1990’s, Mario took a one year leave from the Police Department to work with the United Nations in Bosnia, where he was the Human Rights Investigator in Central Bosnia. Upon his retirement from the New York City Police Department, after months of evidence collection at the World Trade Center sites in New York City, Mario relocated to
SME: Certified Police Instructor
Pedestrian Crashes
White Collar Crime & Identity Theft
Coach, Trainer and Consultant in all areas of Physical Fitness
Education: Associates Degree in Administration of Justice
Clinton currently serves as a Detective in the Major Crimes Division of one of the largest Police Departments in Virginia. During his service he has been selected to serve in patrol, Crash Reconstruction Unit, Civil Disturbance Unit, SAR (Search and Rescue Team) and Detective Bureau. Other areas of expertise include expert testimony in pedestrian crashes. He is a current
SME: Defensive Tactics / Firearms Instruction / Less than Lethal Munitions, Certified LE Instructor, SC BID
Certified NRA-LE Instructor, Handgun, Rifle, Shotgun
Certified Defensive Tactics Instructor, PPCT, RAD, Controlled Force Level 2, Certified Active Shooter Instructor, Tactical Operators Instructor
Professional Membership: NRA-LE, South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association
Tim Brooder is an active police sergeant in the Charleston, SC area. He has served in law enforcement for 16 years. He began his law enforcement career in Goose Creek, South Carolina. Tim became involved in instruction early in his career with Defensive Tactics and Firearms instruction. He worked as a SWAT
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